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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 9:15/אבן עזרא על בראשית ט׳:ט״ו
אמלת יהיה, עם המים איננה ראיה כי המים לשון יחיד וכן ויהי אנשים (במדבר ט ו)
1[AND THE WATERS SHALL NO MORE BECOME.] The use of the singular yiheyeh (shall become) with mayim (waters) does not prove that mayim is singular.23 We find the same word used with a plural in But there were (va-yehi)24 is singular. certain men (Num. 9:6).